Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

sent out a tweet that went viral so quickly – the CMO came to my desk to see if I was okay. “He Eight vacant positions will be left without replacement and 23 “new functions will be created”, according to the newspaper Libération. Journalists were quite vocal about criticizing the company for selling their emails.

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The Resolution Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2015

Even if you don’t watch TV, you couldn’t have missed it, it’s everywhere; every newspaper and magazine seems to have written about the advert. Internally we have been discussing the STEPPS model recently (a model taken fromJonah Berger’s book, Contagious, which looks at why things go viral).

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PR in High Definition

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The phrase is said to have originally been a satirical abbreviation for Oll Korrect (all correct) used by proofreaders in a Boston newspaper during the 1840s, before going viral across the world. The word ‘OK’ has been around for about 180 years. Give back however you can, personally, professionally, corporately.

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Prowly

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Print media monitoring software tools allow you to track media coverage across global, national, regional and local newspapers, along with trade publications, consumer magazines, and business journals. Start monitoring print media mentions and get a better overview of how your brand is performing. What are print media monitoring tools?

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MaccaPR

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Fried Chicken Sandwich battle went viral on Twitter — and led to a complete sell-out of the sandwich in all 2,400 Popeyes stores across the U.S. Marketing and PR professionals marveled at how Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen turned an online duel with rival Chick-fil-A into $65 million in “free" advertising this past August when its.

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NewsWhip

JUNE 20, 2022

ActualidadRT , a site that showcases world and national news, viral videos, and television specials, topped the charts with most followers with 16.7M. The sporting newspaper is known as “the voice of Real Madrid,” with their entire catalogue being dedicated to the European Champions. Defensa Central also performed well, with 12.1M

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David PR Group

OCTOBER 9, 2014

For example, when writing for the general “newspaper-reading” public, you need to make sure your text is crafted at no more than an eleventh-grade reading level. They are the ones who click, who make stories go viral, and who ultimately reach into their wallets and make purchases. –John.

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PR in High Definition

JULY 22, 2019

The phrase went viral back in May when a doctored video appeared to show US politician Nancy Pelosi drunk in a TV interview. Imagine waking up to find a doctored video of you has gone viral, you’re being showered with vile abuse and you’re almost powerless in disproving its authenticity.

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Buzzstream

OCTOBER 17, 2018

We also heard this idea reflected back in some feedback from an editor at a regional newspaper: . “ Content marketers need to realize that there are only so many viral holiday ideas you can produce—you can’t bank on being the first to produce an idea, especially when the success of your campaign is limited to a few weeks.

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The Hoyt Organization

AUGUST 15, 2024

Declining Public Trust of News There has been a significant decline in the public’s trust of traditional forms of news media, whether cable television, newspapers, or online news organizations. Be transparent and communicate the correct information with your audience. As you see things online that might be false, report them immediately.

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Cision

MARCH 30, 2016

With so many people today getting their news from social media, it is the best way to reach people and get stories to go viral. My daily newspaper of choice is…The New York Times. How does social media play into your media relations strategy? Social media is incredibly important. Rapid Fire Round. I laugh most at…myself.

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5W PR

APRIL 8, 2021

Before the internet, press releases used to only get sent to journalists, and if they were considered to be subpar by the newspaper, they would never get published. Additionally, because it’s easy to create, publish, and distribute the press release, companies have an easy time sending out multiple press releases when necessary.

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Critical Mention

MAY 1, 2018

Earth bikers might not be as speedy, but 100 years ago Henri Desgrange came up with the idea of a bike race around France in order to raise the profile of the newspaper he worked for. It captured everyone’s imagination and doubled his newspaper’s circulation. Social media is a great channel to go viral.

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Buzzstream

AUGUST 26, 2024

Discovering the Potential I knew that I needed to do something that was fast and had a good chance of gaining some kind of virality, so that my efforts were compounded and could produce outsized results for the effort. After days of research, I realized that the answer was not to go after pest control bloggers, because guess what?

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NewsWhip

MARCH 10, 2021

But which sites are producing viral articles? As the top articles show, it is a long way from the traditional newspapers and cable news channels. Quorn also saw success in the partnerships department, with the announcement of their partnership with soccer team Liverpool FC responsible for the majority of the brand’s engagement.

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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

USA Today and TV stations ravaged the CrossFit brand (a typical headline in a UK newspaper: “Booty Shame: CrossFit trainer blasted for sharing snaps of female clients bent over in the gym”). One defender of the gym owner protested: "it was never intended to be posted to Facebook or go ‘viral.’" Facebook page ) and.

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5W PR

AUGUST 12, 2020

Such content often goes viral as brand customers share helpful content with friends, work colleagues, family members, and so on. While at it, healthcare PR pros should also incorporate traditional PR channels – TV, newspapers, billboards, and radio -, to supplement digital media efforts in increasing brand awareness.

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Buzzstream

MAY 25, 2021

You’re fairly unlikely to “go viral” with this format because they’re unlikely to produce stories that will make the front-pages of top-tier newspapers or magazines. They’re far more likely to be a “slow burner” when it comes to links. One campaign that we did at Aira generated over 100 links, but did so over a 12-month period.

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PR in High Definition

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

They’re the main players that make up the journalist line-up that you’ll find in every national newspaper in the UK today. The gig economy as a whole has boomed in the UK in recent years and the media has benefited from this; the number of freelancers contributing to newspapers and magazines feels at an all-time high.

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Prohibition

AUGUST 15, 2022

Not only did her comments go viral, but it was also picked up by the media too, gaining even more traction than the original 50 second podcast clip. Molly Mae did an interview on my podcast, yesterday a soundbite from that interview went viral, she trended No.1 1 on Twitter, every newspaper covered it and MP's weighed in.

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Newsfile

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Newsjacking is a media strategy where a brand capitalizes on viral news stories to market itself. It expresses an opinion on a specific topic and appears in newspapers or online publications. What is Viral Marketing? PR teams leverage viral marketing to amplify brand messages and increase visibility. What is an Op-Ed ?

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 1, 2016

And it went completely viral – with mentions on radio shows around the country, Good Morning America , lifestyle press like Woman’s Day and other business outlets. To do this, there’s no substitute for consuming – reading print newspapers/magazines, watching broadcast to figure out which shows cover what, etc.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Thought the initial reaction to the Times story certainly wasn’t planned – the spontaneous and candid response of one Amazon employee went viral – I instinctively believed it worked out in Amazon’s favor. How does this very public knock-down, drag out fight help the Times sell more newspapers or Amazon more books?

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PR Fuel

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The term “free advertising” might conjure up the image of a famous brand making the headlines in the newspapers. Potential to Go Viral. Viral marketing is never a guarantee. Wouldn’t it be great if your business could get that sort of “free advertising? Often it comes down to luck.

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MaccaPR

AUGUST 26, 2015

As a newer service offering, TimesMachine provides The New York Times subscribers with a fully searchable archive of past newspapers, such as the July 20, 1969, article, " The Day Before The Moon Landing." Speak to your community resources, such as historical societies, libraries and newspapers. Source: Maccabee.com ).

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Bad Pitch Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

While most recognized that Web properties are two-way streets, venerable newspapers and ages-old magazines kept thinking they ruled our worlds. As a guy who wrote for dozens of newspapers in the 1980s, I can report (get it?) Unlike most of us, owners have not been paying attention to a wide world of newish (free for everyone) media.

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Buzzstream

MARCH 13, 2024

Traditional PR may encompass online media but mainly focuses on newspapers, magazines, radio, and TV. This piece went viral, gaining major news coverage in the space due to the timeliness of the campaign and the creative way it came together. In contrast, traditional PR has broader metrics to measure public perception and sentiment.

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Mark My Words

APRIL 26, 2022

To this day, Mason makes sure that he gets every print copy of the local Craven Herald and Pioneer newspaper posted down to his south-east London home, where he now lives with his primary schoolteacher wife and their two sons. . ‘So, where are we in this Brexit process?

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Flatiron Communications

MAY 29, 2015

When I worked on the 100th anniversary of Ochs-Sulzberger family ownership of The New York Times , CBS “Sunday Morning” committed to a segment for which it requested to shoot inside the vaunted newspaper’s newsroom. We had to decline.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 14, 2022

In today’s world, a negative story about your brand or organisation could go viral in an instant. Searching Google News for “XYZ e-commerce brand” might turn up an article by a local newspaper about problems customers are having with your company’s shipping process. What is a PR Crisis Plan? Final Thoughts.

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

So, um, a lot of local newspaper and TV, they’re owned by a few corporations and we’re seeing a lot of the growth of syndication networks, a good example that I could share really quick. So yes, there are fewer people to pitch. And then what we’re seeing with media acquisitions. Jaclyn, do you have any response to that?

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Hana: I think, the relevance and the value needs to be there, but there’s nothing wrong if, if you have a campaign that goes viral or if you have a content that you go, you know what, I think that really would be interested for people to see. Spanish press and we can translate in Spanish and have that as an add on.

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Melissa Agnes

JULY 30, 2014

Yesterday we discussed managing crises with visual content , where I mentioned some tips for identifying red visual flags (or their possibility) that could help a crisis go viral, as well as outlined some important strategies to help you incorporate visuals into your crisis communications plan.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 7, 2025

Amelia Selby PR Manager, SEOTravel Campaigns are much less likely to go ‘viral’ in today’s media landscape and most PR campaigns get significantly less links than they used to. For instance, Reach PLC, one of the UKs largest newspaper groups, operates over 120 regional and national titles.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Then the UK chain cooked up an extraordinary ad that ran in two daily newspapers. After the manager of a Philadelphia Starbucks called the police on two African-American customers who took a table before ordering anything, the video of their arrest went viral, and the brand had a grande crisis in the making.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Smaller newsroom budgets have resulted in more website space being devoted to clickbait, and TV news broadcasts relying on syndicated stories and viral videos. My daily newspaper of choice is…The Washington Post. This spread of FOMO has only been made worse by the distortion of what is newsworthy.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 6, 2016

By attacking the advertising model that supports sites like World News Daily Report and NewsBuzzDaily, they might help slow the viral spread of false, defamatory, and even dangerous stories. The move still won’t stop the patently fake stories in my Facebook stream, but it’s a start. But the slope can be a slippery one.

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